EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:18 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:18

The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שְׁתֵ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר וַתֹּ֧רֶד כַּדָּ֛הּ עַל־יָדָ֖הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵֽהוּ׃

“Drink, my lord,” she said, and she quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and let him drink.

Rashi on Bereishis 24:18 / Bereshit Rabbah (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ותרד כדה.

Core Text

ותרד כדה. מֵעַל שִׁכְמָהּ:

English: She let down her pitcher from off her shoulder.

On the daf / in context: Rivkah’s haste and the lowering of the jar are the first visible fulfillment of the test Eliezer had set.

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the verb is clarified as lowering from the shoulder, marking ready kindness.

Rivkah quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him to drink; the first half of the servant’s sign is fulfilled without delay.